NHTSA Complaint #11071674 — 2005 AUDI A4
AIR BAGS issue reported to NHTSA
Crash
Complaint Details
| ODI Number | 11071674 |
| Vehicle | 2005 AUDI A4 |
| Component | AIR BAGS |
| Date of Incident | |
| Date Filed | |
| Mileage | 158,978 miles |
| Crash | Yes |
| Fire | No |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Vehicle Towed | No |
| State | NJ |
Consumer Description
'TAKATA RECALL' I MADE APPOINTMENTS AND REGISTERED TO GET MY AIRBAG REPLACED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. IN JUNE I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE ELMWOOD PARK LOCATION AND WHEN I GOT THEIR THE GUY LIED AND SAID THE COMPUTERS ARE DOWN HE DIDN'T WANT TO HELP ME. THEY HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE AND DON'T WANT TO FIX IT IT IS NOW 2018 AND NO ONE FROM AUDI CALLED ME AND MY VEHICLE IS REGISTERED WITH THEM. SO MY AIR BAG CAN RUPTURE AT ANY TIME I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 1/4/17 I WAS INTENTIONALLY REAR ENDED BY A WHITE BMW AND I WAS IN THE CAR WITH MY 8 YEAR OLD NEPHEW AND MOM WHO WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AND SERIOUSLY INJURED. NOT ONLY THAT MY GAS TANK FUEL INJECTOR THE AIR PRESSURE IS OFF CAUSING IT TO STOP CONSTANTLY WHILE GETTING GAS. THIRD I HAD THIS P2005 AND P2006 ERROR CODE WHICH IS THE INTAKE AIR EXCHANGE MANIFOLD FLAP CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WHICH IS A MANUFACTURING ERROR WHEN I WENT TO GET IT REPLACED COSTING ME 1,800 THE LIGHT IS STILL ON AND THE SAME ERROR CODE IS BACK 2 MONTHS LATER NOTHING WAS FIXED ON MY CAR PERIOD AND ON 10/31/17 I WENT TO AUDI IN UPPER SADDLE RIVER AND THEY DID NOT FIX IT EITHER OF FIND A DEALER WITH THE AIRBAG NEAR BY THAT HAS THE PARTS TO REPLACE IT THO COULD HAVE COST ME AND MY PASSENGERS THEIR LIFE AND THIS ISN'T UNACCEPTABLE FOR AUDI TO TREAT CUSTOMERS LIKE THAT REGARDLESS OF MY VEHICLE BEING OLD NEW OR BROUGHT FROM A THIRD PARTY DEALERSHIP ALL AUDI OWNERS SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY AND REMEDIES BE ADDRESS ACCORDING TO LAW AND RECALL. BEING THAT A SAFETY RECALL IS ISSUED CUSTOMER PREFERENCE IS NULL AND VOID BECAUSE SAFETY AND WEALTH HAS NO BEARING IN WHO GETS FIRST DIBS ON AIRBAGS NO AUDI OWNER SHOULD GET PREFERENCE OVER THE OTHER WHETHER IT BE THEY BROUGHT THEIR CAR DIRECTLY FROM THE AUDI DEALERSHIP OR NOT AND THAT THE IMPRESSION I'M GETTING AND BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE NOT ALL CUSTOMERS AND OWNER ARE TREATED EQUALLY
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